Milton Keynes Business One Stop Service
The BOSS is a Business One Stop Service (BOSS) run by Milton Keynes Council’s Trading Standards team and is made up of experienced and qualified Trading Standards Officers who can give your business the right advice on many trading standards issues. To register please complete this BOSS Registration Form (DOC, 51KB) and email to businessadvice@milton-keynes.gov.uk
The first time you use the service there is a fee of £100 + VAT, which covers registration and the first hour of advice. From then on, the rate will be £75.00 + VAT per hour for all time taken to prepare and provide advice. We will back our advice up in writing to ensure you are able to refer back to it in the future.
Advice will be charged by the hour, regardless of whether that full hour is used, any time remaining will be rolled over and can be used for future enquiries.
For more information call 01908 252818 or email businessadvice@milton-keynes.gov.uk
Advice we can give
Businesses, large or small, are subject to a wide range of legislation designed to protect the consumer, and promote a fair and safe trading environment. Follow this link to find out more about the advice we can offer to your business Advice we can give
Primary Authority Partnerships
A national scheme which gives businesses, who trade outside Milton Keynes Council's boundary, the right to form a statutory partnership with the local authority. The provision of robust, bespoke advice through the primary authority partnership is taken into account by other councils when carrying out inspections or dealing with compliance. This serves to prevent inconsistent enforcement actions against the business, Find out more about Primary Authority Partnerships
Buy With Confidence
The Buy With Confidence scheme is an initiative from Milton Keynes Council's Trading Standards Service, to help businesses comply with the law whilst improving consumer protection through a partnership approach. Use this link to find out more about Buy With Confidence
No Cold Calling Zones
A list of all the No Cold Calling Zones in Milton Keynes is available here Location of No Cold Calling Zones
Age restricted sales
Advice and guidance for dealing with the sale of age restricted products can be found here Age Restricted Sales
Explosives Licensing and Registration
If you store and/or sell fireworks or other similar explosive items, you will probably meed to be licensed by or registered with us. Find out more here Explosives Licensing and Registration
Poisons Licensing
Information about storing and selling poisons can be found by following this link to Poisons licensing
Food labelling and allergens
Advice on providing allergen information to consumers is available here Food labelling and allergens
Business News
Display and pricing of tobacco products (Jan 2015)